Suspect identified in weekend hit and runThe suspect arrested in a Sunday hit-and-run incident near Hector has been identified as Joshua Hull, 27, of Pope County. Hull is accused of running over his brother-in-law, Anthony Chisum, with his truck after an altercation between the two. The Pope County Sheriff’s Office issued a press release Tuesday regarding the incident, but did not identify either man at that time. Also on Tuesday, Hull appeared before Circuit Judge William Pearson, w...

Man arrested for woman’s death after house struck HOT SPRINGS (AP) — Authorities in Garland County have arrested a man in the death of an 87-year-old woman who died when a vehicle hit her house during the summer. Hot Springs police said Tuesday that 20-year-old Nickollas Roe left the scene of the Aug. 20 crash before police arrived. When officers caught up to him they administered a blood alcohol test, which registered 0.13 percent. The legal limit in Arkansas is 0.08 percent blood alcohol. R...

Trumann police officer shoots man after pursuit TRUMANN (AP) — Authorities are investigating after a Trumann police officer shot a man while attempting to serve a warrant. Arkansas State Police spokesman Bill Sadler told reporters Wednesday that Jacob Ashton Brown was shot by the officer. Brown was taken to a Memphis, Tenn., hospital. His condition was not released. Sadler says the shooting happened Tuesday when police officers were serving a felony warrant on Brown and Brown took off runni...

2 charged in methamphetamine case want trial delay POCAHONTAS (AP) — Two men charged in a federal methamphetamine investigation in northeast Arkansas are asking that their November trial be delayed. Bob Castleman and his son, Robert Jerod Castleman, have also asked to be tried separately. Court filings show the men are accused with several others of running a methamphetamine ring in Randolph County for six years, starting in 2007. The Jonesboro Sun reported both men face multiple drug charges....

Soft-spoken teen accused of killing Massachusetts teacher DANVERS, Mass. (AP) — A well-liked teacher was found slain in woods behind this quiet Massachusetts town’s high school, and a 14-year-old boy who was found walking along a state highway overnight was charged with killing her. Blood found in a second-floor school bathroom helped lead investigators to the body of Colleen Ritzer, a 24-year-old math teacher at Danvers High School who was reported missing when she didn’t come home from work on Tues...

Trial set for man accused in murder of girl, 6CLARKSVILLE — A trial date has been set for a man accused in the May 10 stabbing death of a 6-year-old girl. Kou Her, 22, is scheduled to stand trial in Johnson County Circuit Court on Dec. 9-13 for first-degree murder. He is charged in the death of Autumn Vang, 6. A mental evaluation of Her was scheduled for Oct. 16, and Fifth Judicial District Prosecuting Attorney David Gibbons said results can take 3-4 weeks to be processed. He said he does...

Boy describes terror of Nevada schoolyard shooting SPARKS, Nev. (AP) — Students cowered in fear and pleaded for their lives as a 12-year-old Nevada boy went on a schoolyard rampage with a handgun he brought from home, waving the weapon at frightened classmates and shooting a math teacher in the chest on a basketball court. The boy opened fire Monday morning on the Sparks Middle School campus, wounding two boys and killing the teacher before he turned the gun on himself. Washoe County School Di...

Trial set for 2014 for man in machete attackFORT SMITH (AP) — A judge has delayed trial until November 2014 for a man accused of using a machete to kill two people in Fort Smith. Prosecutors are seeking the death penalty for 20-year-old Gregory Aaron Kinsey. He’s accused in the June 26 attack that killed 39-year-old Brandon Prince and 32-year-old Nathan Young. Both victims were from Fort Smith. The Southwest Times Record reported trial was to have begun in February. Defense lawyers aske...

Bond Hearings (Oct. 22, 2013)The following individuals appeared in felony bond hearings Monday at the Pope County Detention Center. Their names, ages, anticipated charges and bond amounts are listed. If charged, they will appear Nov. 18 in Circuit Court. • Kimberly Hargrove, 28, delivery of methamphetamine — $7,500. Charges were filed against Hargrove in August after a November 2012 incident in which she allegedly sold 2 grams of methamphetamine to a confidential informan...

Authorities capture 2 Fla. prisoners at motelPANAMA CITY BEACH, Fla. (AP) — Two convicted killers who were freed from prison by phony documents were captured together without incident Saturday night at a motel here, authorities said. Joseph Jenkins and Charles Walker, both 34, were not armed when they were taken into custody at the Coconut Grove Motor Inn in a touristy area near putt-putt courses and go-kart tracks. Several hours earlier, their families had held a news conference in Orla...

Bond Hearing (Oct. 19, 2013)The following individuals appeared in felony bond hearings Friday at the Pope County Detention Center. Their names, ages, anticipated charges and bond amounts are listed. If charged, they will appear in Circuit Court. • Michael Charton, 23, possession of narcotics, three counts possession of a controlled substance with intent to deliver and introduction of contraband into a detention facility — $20,000. Charton, a Morrilton resident, was a pas...

Johnson County deputy’s perjury trial delayedCLARKSVILLE (AP) — A judge has delayed the trial of a Johnson County sheriff’s deputy accused of lying under oath about comments she allegedly made to jurors while serving as a bailiff in a murder trial. Sgt. Glenda Morrison is accused of lying under oath when Circuit Court Judge William Pearson questioned her during a murder trial in October 2012. Morrison was serving as a bailiff during the murder trial for Tommy Bowden, who was convicted in...

Headstone stolen from Johnson Co. cemeteryCLARKSVILLE — Two men are in custody after allegedly stealing a headstone and destroying five others on Thursday. Dean Vangorp, 22, and Zachary Hunter Boydston, 18, were arrested after a late-night spree in the Hunt community west of Clarksville. In addition to the headstone theft and vandalism at Liberty Cemetery, Vangorp and Boydston are also suspected of damaging four yards and a vehicle. The men were arrested after evidence was obtained th...

Sex assault case expected to get fresh start MARYVILLE, Mo. (AP) — The case of a 14-year-old girl who says she was raped by an older boy from her Missouri high school and left passed out on her porch in freezing temperatures is expected to get a fresh start under a special prosecutor. A special prosecutor will be able to launch his own investigation, interview witnesses and work independently from the local prosecutor who’s faced intense scrutiny for dropping felony charges in the case l...

Man with knife forces way onto Ark. school busJACKSONVILLE, Ark. (AP) — Authorities say a man armed with a knife forced his way onto a school bus as it picked up children in central Arkansas, then drove it several miles during a police pursuit. Police say 11 children and the driver were aboard when 22-year-old Nicholas John Miller got onto the bus Thursday morning in Jacksonville, a Little Rock suburb. Jacksonville police spokeswoman April Kiser says Miller was armed with a knife and pull...

Bond Hearings (Oct. 17, 2013)The following individuals appeared in felony bond hearings Wednesday at the Pope County Detention Center. If charged, he will appear Nov. 4 in Circuit Court. • Kasey Doss, 21, theft of property — $5,000. Doss was arrested at Walmart in Russellville on Tuesday. According to a police report, Walmart employees said Doss had allegedly taken a 51-inch TV from the store and put it in the back of his truck. Doss had gone back into the store, at which...

Teen, 15, shot to death in northwest Arkansas WEST FORK (AP) — Authorities said a 15-year-old boy was killed in a shooting in northwest Arkansas. The Washington County Sheriff’s Office says Michael Dillon Brawley was found dead Tuesday afternoon near West Fork. Authorities said Brawley died from a single gunshot wound. Investigators say it may be an accidental shooting, but the incident remains under investigation. Brawley’s body was sent to the Arkansas State Crime Laboratory for an auto...